Google CEO Sundar Pichai gets $200-million pay package

It wasn't the first time that following in Page's footsteps led to big payouts for Pichai

Alphabet Inc can’t seem to stop heaping massive pay packages on Google’s Sundar Pichai.

The chief executive officer (CEO) of the search-engine unit received $199.7 million in compensation for 2016, according to a regulatory filing Friday. That marks his third straight year getting nine-figure pay — a rare accomplishment even at well-paying technology companies and virtually unheard of in other industries.

Since he became CEO in 2015, Pichai has moved to give Google more control over two critical fields: Artificial intelligence and cloud. He oversaw a 17.8 per cent jump in Google’s core ads business last year, while also boosting